Newsstand: November 23, 2009
The Making of a Medley
The Daily Photoist: November 23, 2009
Transit City and Transit Cities
Robert William Pickton's murder trial begins today. Now, Torontoist believes firmly in every man's right to be deemed inoocent before proven guilty and hopes Pickton gets a fair and impartial trial. That having been said...doesn't the guy look like a serial killer? If you were casting a movie and had a role named "Mangy Serial Killer," would this guy not instantly get a callback after his audition based on looks alone?
The Tories have announced their new energy efficiency plan. Liberals respond by saying "oh, come on, those are totally just our old programs that you cut and then you realized people really wanted them." NDP responds by saying "...someday we'll have old programs that other parties will cut... someday..."
York Region's new pay-for-tutoring program is extremely controversial. The school board's program is cheaper than private tutoring alternatives, but critics say it's creating a two-tier public system. Torontoist hates to be all old-fogey about this, but some of us are really old and went through school without ever needing a tutoring program - or standardized testing for that matter - and we turned out just fine. We know this because our moms tell us how awesome we are!
Brampton flea market shut down after an armed gang robbed a jewelry booth Sunday. The markets' used-book dealers took the rare opportunity to be smug towards their victimized brethren, claiming "nobody steals books from you at gunpoint."
And finally, this year's Superbowl will be the Indianapolis Colts vs. the Chicago Bears.
Image via the CBC.
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
I'm interested to know how the board came up with the fee, and more importantly, where the money is going. Normally, I'd be opposed to something like this. But my mom is an educational assistant in a high school and I've seen her and her co-workers helping kids all through their lunch hours and after school, as well as taking over supervision for teachers who couldn't be bothered to show up, and not being paid nearly what they deserve, or at all(in the case of when they're working through lunch.) It's something the school board should be picking up the tab for, but if it's not going to, someone has to. Hmm.
typo in the headline there...
dude, i really like it when you write the news. your mom is right, you are awesome!
"If you were casting a movie and had a role named "Mangy Serial Killer," would this guy not instantly get a callback after his audition based on looks alone?"
Or should said person be unable to take such a roll, there is always Robert Blake. He's got the look and some experience in the field to back it up